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sugar tit

sugar tit noun: a baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.

Noun

sugar tit (plural sugar tits)

  1. A baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.
    • “You married? You ain’t hardly old enough to be weaned. Ah betcha you still craves sugar-tits, doncher?”1937, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 4, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, published 1978, page 48

Forms of sugar tit

pluralsugar tits

Questions about sugar tit

What does sugar tit mean?
Sugar tit means a baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.
What part of speech is sugar tit?
Sugar tit is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar tit?
The plural of sugar tit is sugar tits.

Words near sugar tit in the dictionary

  1. sugar substitute
  2. sugar substitutes
  3. sugar the pill
  4. sugar thermometer
  5. sugar thermometers
  6. sugar tit
  7. sugar tits
  8. sugar up
  9. sugar walls
  10. sugar water
  11. sugar-apple

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